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John Kuczaj Is Not A Millionaire

Potential Beachwood Investor Blows It

Of all the questions to trip up Chicago guy John Kuczaj, who would’ve thought it would be one about the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue? We here at the Beachwood don’t know John personally, but we have know him comedically and observantly for years and he strikes us as someone who just might still have every swimsuit issue ever published under his bed. Geez, John! We were counting on you!
Alas, John did not become a millionaire on national television on Tuesday. Oh well. Good news for the president . . . one guy now likely to still support taxing the rich.
Here are the deets . . . the questions John faced, his own blog entry on the experience and the latest press release from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire HQ.

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Posted on September 28, 2011

Area Men Might Be Millionaires

By Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Occasional Beachwood contributor (mostly when I steal his clever remarks on Facebook) John Kuczaj is one of two Chicagoland contestants who will appear on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire this week. It happens to be “Double Your Money Week,” so double-fun.
The shows, of course, have already been taped and we do not know the results. We do know a little bit about the journey Kuczaj took to get there, as we will see from some Facebook posts I’ll reproduce below.
First, here is the press release from Millionaire HQ:

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Posted on September 26, 2011

Saving All My Children Through The Generous Support Of National Public Radio

By Cate Plys

As the venerable soap opera All My Children finishes its 42-year run today due to the high cost of production and recent ratings – i.e., lack of funding – it’s time for a modest programming proposal:
All My Children, known as “AMC,” can still be saved by All Things Considered, known as “ATC” – which recently just managed to hang on to its own funding from the federal government. The new show shall be called All My Considerations (“AMC”), hosted by Erica Kane and Robert Siegel, with correspondents from both ancestor programs. Staff romances shall be encouraged to interfere with the news. Let’s listen in.

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Posted on September 23, 2011

Movie Eleven, 1976

By FuzzyMemoriesTV

“Finally the ‘classic’ Movie Eleven opening from the 70’s.”

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Also: “Meet Larry Charet. He was the owner of Larry’s Comic Book Store, the first comic specialty store in Chicago and one of the first in the country, which closed in 2002.”

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Posted on September 22, 2011

A Station With A Special Appeal For The Young Adult Of 1970

By FuzzyMemoriesTV

“This is Part 1 of a WFLD promotional film for (I assume) the sales department, meant to be shown to prospective advertisers on why WFLD was such a kick-arse station to buy time on.
Voiceover:
“Young-thinking, forward-thinking station in Chicago . . . a station with special appeal for the young adult. The kind of station that reaches out and grabs them where they live . . . ”

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Posted on September 19, 2011

Aldermen Back CAN TV Over RCN

By Keep Us Connected

At the September 8, 2011, city council meeting, Chicago aldermen united to protect the public’s channels, with 48 aldermen signing a letter opposing any RCN cable renewal deal that excludes CAN TV and calling on RCN to reach agreement for CAN TV’s funding without further delay.
RCN’s franchise renewal was due to be introduced [last] week but was held by the administration because RCN, the first of three cable companies to renew its franchise, has failed to reach agreement on CAN TV’s funding.

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Posted on September 12, 2011

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